Manan Saluja

There's this saying -  "Why do i keep hitting myself a hammer? Because it feels so good when i stop". It is possible to romanticize pain.  It is possible we like the pain too. It is possible that we're wired that way. Beacuse we can only be as happy as we have been sad, you know? Having gone through  pain and trauma makes the ordinary and mundane somehow special and just a lack of trauma can become a source of happiness.  And i guess that's okay! Because lot of people don't choose that for themselves. But, this isn't about them,whatever I'm writing. It's about recognizing that every human being is capable of being self-destructive.  Some of us learn lessons and move on. Some of us get into a cycle of implosion and self- pity, and some stay in the grey area between the two. This tendency is the main reason we procastinate knowing well that it will have consequences. This is the reason we stay in toxic and abusive relationships. This is why we lie an...

Women entrepreneurs in India have come a long way! Isn't this true? I mean, just look at Ms Nair!  Yes! Ms Falguni Nair, the founder of NYKAA, in other words, The Achelois for women. Isn't she the best example of how far she justifies the title of my blog "We own it". A graduate of the Indian Institue of Management, Ahmedabad, Ms Nair spent the bulk of her career--over 18 years--at Kotak Mahindra , she left the job to pursue her own dream. In 2012, she started company Nykaa, which sells online cosmetic and wellness products. Today the company has become so famous among Indian women. The company offers more than 850 brands and has introduced 35 physical stores. In 2017, she got the title of "Most powerful business" by Business Today. She also received the "women Ahead" award at The Economic Times. Since 2014, The company has been a partner with Femina. I've read it somewhere-- "Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist - while you guys were bus...

It's time I let myself be happy, to let go of everything and everyone that does not empower my own greater good. To say goodbye to everything that does not support my growth. It's time to let myself feel better, to do things that make me feel my best without feeling an ounce of guilt for it. It's time to put myself first; to dive into the depths of what it really means to be who i want to be. It's time to review my brain, to replace damaging thoughts with the healing ones. to tell myself nice things about the person I am, and the person i have been. To embrace my own evolution. So. it's time to let myself be happy. to set new intensions. To lose. To gain. To become. And to actively work to befriend my own worthiness. I deserve to be around people who help me grow my mind. I deserve to have moments of pure, intense happiness; the kind that makes me feel that everything will be okay. I deserve to be happy and you do too. Everyone, you and me and everyone deserves to b...